I’ve captured the Pelican Nebula as part of a larger wide-field of Cynus, but I haven’t really gotten it on its own. Truth be told, this is part of a larger effort to create a panoramic-ratio of the Pelican nebula and the North American nebula, so this is half of that eventual image.
- Exposure
- 60s
- Gain
- 56
- Offset
- 25
- Frames
- 70
- Time
- 1h 10m
- Telescope
- Astro-Tech AT115EDT 115mm f/7 ED Triplet Refractor w/ 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
- Mount
- Losmandy GM-8 German Equatorial Mount, Gemini 2, Losmandy FLW Tripod
- Camera
- QHY 268C
- Guider
- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
- Filters
- Optolong UV / IR Cut Filter
- Accessories
- ZWO EAF Electronic Automatic Focuser, iOptron iPolar
- Software
- N.I.N.A., PHD2 Guiding, SkySafari Pro, AstroPixelProcessor, Capture One